| England has St. George's Day and nobody really cares about that. |
| I guess people celebrate Canada day, but not really Victoria day (aside from relaxing and enjoying their day off). I'm going to see fireworks this Canada day (July 1) |
| Bahrain has a national day on the 16th of December. Reason is independence. |
| "Every man shall reap what he has sown, from the highest lord to the lowest gutter rat. And some will lose more than the tips off their fingers, I promise you. They have made my kingdom bleed, and I do not forget that" |
| Finland has its Indepence Day, and people generally know why we celebrate it. Though it might be because it's been less than hundred years since we declared ourselves independent from the Russian empire, so it's fairly recent and tangible. Not to mention that the Second World War gets brought up usually long it and is even more recent. Though the "celebration" mostly consists of watching a old WW2 flick and the Castle Ball. |
| It depends on the country. I can see why Sweden wouldn't have all that national stuff to celebrate but countries that had big fights for freedom against enemies and invaders would of course have things to celebrate especially if they had long history with such fights they could have quite a few such days. |
| Because silliness. |
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| Quebec's national days isn't related to independance or anything, it's the "Nativity of St. John the Baptist" which seem to be an event that happen in alot of european country. But for some reason it became popular enought here that people see it as our national day. It's mostly bonfire and drunks everywhere. |
Maal said: Our motto may be "I remember", but sometimes you just need to forget. I've always wondered why we celebrate that day so widely.Quebec's national days isn't related to independance or anything, it's the "Nativity of St. John the Baptist" which seem to be an event that happen in alot of european country. But for some reason it became popular enought here that people see it as our national day. It's mostly bonfire and drunks everywhere. Nonetheless, I'll be enjoying my weekend. |
やがて気づく本当の気持ちは そして 人間が大好きでした |
selective_yellow said: Well I hear fireworks from both holidays. Though it seem more like holidays are just an excuse to do something fun, rather than actually celebrating the day as if it was something significant though. I guess people celebrate Canada day, but not really Victoria day (aside from relaxing and enjoying their day off). I'm going to see fireworks this Canada day (July 1) At the end of the day, that's really what holidays should be about. We might forget the significance of the day, but giving the chance to relax and do something else is always good. |
| Noway has 17th of May, celebrating the signing of the constitution, and with that, the recreation of Norway as a independent state. Lots of lame parades and people dressing up in "national clothes" that's really just copied from Germany and eating hot dogs in the streets. But I guess it's as good a reason as any for having a national day. |
| National Day is a date of a certain event that is important in your country history.. Most likely Swedish National Day is the date when they split up with Norway and became an independent country Most National Day is celebrated on their day of independence, if not some other events such as the date when they formally become a country, so I believe |
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| I'm from Chile we celebrates in 18 september because is the day of the first national council. That mark the independence of the country and now we have a holiday in 18 and 19 september (19 is the military parade) |
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| Mot days have an original reason, but here in Canada, it has become 'just a reason for a long weekend'. We inaugurated a long weekend in a month that actually had no holiday just so there was a long weekend present that month. Or in other words, in the absence of a reason to get drunk, a Canadian will simply invent one out of thin air. |
| While not technically anime, currently I am a big fan of Hatsune Miku. At least I can go see her in concert. |
| Well I'll be damned, Lesley got it spot on. Probably getting drunk and watching fireworks on Canada day. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| Yesterday was St Albans day. It's a thing that most people don't even know of let alone celebrate, but it's all cultural. |
| In Scotland you have St Andrews day. For the people who actually celebrate it properly it's all whisky, haggis, ceildhs, kilts, Burn's poems and Auld Lang Syne... For most people though, it almost goes by unnoticed. I can tell you it happens late in January but I can't remember the date and I have never been to a proper Burns supper. How unpatriotic of me. Oh well, I always liked McGonagall better anyway... |
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1A2N3I4M5E6 said: It's patriotism. I know that begs the question, but just in case you missed it -- it's patriotism that causes people to celebrate national days.Well so far it seems like there is a reason behind most national days but no one really cares, it's only a day off. But I know for sure why we "celebrate" in Sweden now, (called my old history teatcher), it's a celebration of when the king Gustav Vasa was elected to be Swedens king 1523. And it's also called the swedish flag day. So it really is no reason to celebrate it. X) |
AnnoKano said: In Scotland you have St Andrews day. For the people who actually celebrate it properly it's all whisky, haggis, ceildhs, kilts, Burn's poems and Auld Lang Syne... Sound like a Normal everyday day in Scotland to me. |
Olpho-Kodoso said: <3 Scotland <3AnnoKano said: In Scotland you have St Andrews day. For the people who actually celebrate it properly it's all whisky, haggis, ceildhs, kilts, Burn's poems and Auld Lang Syne... Sound like a Normal everyday day in Scotland to me. |
1A2N3I4M5E6 said: Hmm. I think that the 'love' would incorporate those particular myths reasons why people love their country.I kind of understood that but in some cases it might have a deeper meaning than just the love for your own country. :D |
1A2N3I4M5E6 said: ghritke said: I kind of understood that but in some cases it might have a deeper meaning than just the love for your own country. :D1A2N3I4M5E6 said: It's patriotism. I know that begs the question, but just in case you missed it -- it's patriotism that causes people to celebrate national days.Well so far it seems like there is a reason behind most national days but no one really cares, it's only a day off. But I know for sure why we "celebrate" in Sweden now, (called my old history teatcher), it's a celebration of when the king Gustav Vasa was elected to be Swedens king 1523. And it's also called the swedish flag day. So it really is no reason to celebrate it. X) Most of them mark days of independence. I'm not sure Gustav's election would be marked as independence, but since it took a war to be liberated from the Kalmar Union, I would have thought it would be fairly significant in Sweden. Interesting to find that it is not. |
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| No-one seems to care about St. George's Day, and I only remember St. David's Day because every year my Dad's daffodils bloom around that time. So yeah, no-one really seems to care. |
Tachii said: selective_yellow said: Well I hear fireworks from both holidays. Though it seem more like holidays are just an excuse to do something fun, rather than actually celebrating the day as if it was something significant though. I guess people celebrate Canada day, but not really Victoria day (aside from relaxing and enjoying their day off). I'm going to see fireworks this Canada day (July 1) At the end of the day, that's really what holidays should be about. We might forget the significance of the day, but giving the chance to relax and do something else is always good. Not here. I've never seen fireworks on Victoria Day. No one gives a shit about the monarchy :> edit: but you're from ontario, are you not? BC = best province. |
selective_yellow said: Tachii said: selective_yellow said: Well I hear fireworks from both holidays. Though it seem more like holidays are just an excuse to do something fun, rather than actually celebrating the day as if it was something significant though. I guess people celebrate Canada day, but not really Victoria day (aside from relaxing and enjoying their day off). I'm going to see fireworks this Canada day (July 1) At the end of the day, that's really what holidays should be about. We might forget the significance of the day, but giving the chance to relax and do something else is always good. Not here. I've never seen fireworks on Victoria Day. No one gives a shit about the monarchy :> edit: but you're from ontario, are you not? BC = best province. You know, Victoria BC is pretty big on Victoria Day =P |
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| Sveriges nationaldag, även svenska flaggans dag, firas den 6 juni varje år och är en helgdag i Sverige. Nationaldagen firas till minne av dagen då Gustav Vasa valdes till Sveriges kung. som ni vet säkert fira norge nationaldag ;D CUZ WE ARE FREE FROM YOU XD and we got our Constitution :3 |
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| The US has Independence Day and Singapore has National Day which is pretty much independence day... |
| "Our everyday lives may, in fact, be a series of miracles." - Nichijou |
| October 3rd, Day of German Unity. Seeing how most east german people bitch about the west germans and vice versa, it's sometimes hard to understand why the day of reunification is a holiday. But hey, it's a day off. |
| in belgium its the day our king ascended the throne (btw we still have a king but he is totaly useless , except for diplomatic reasons) i totally forgot this year though , just relaxed the day away ... |
| "I'm not going there to die. I'm going to find out if I'm really alive.Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop) see you space cowboy...  |
| Why not national days ? We have Indepedence Day which commemorates the anniversary of our independence from the French, but we also have a couple of other public holidays, such as Proclamation of Independence, Revolution of the King and the People, Enthronement, etc. There are about 12. I personally don't care why any of those are celebrated (I do take the religious ones more seriously though), as long as I get to sleep in and do whatever I want for the rest of the day, it's cool. |
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